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Be advised, hemorrhoid cream not for the face
MSNBC ^ | Oct. 6, 2006

Posted on 10/06/2006 6:52:56 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

OSLO - German drugmaker Schering warned consumers on Thursday not to use hemorrhoid cream on their faces.

The warning came after a male stylist said on Norwegian television that many photo models used the cream in the morning to get rid of puffy eyes, which the drug company said seemed to have boosted demand for such products at pharmacies. Beauty magazines in the U.S. have been advising the same for years.

“This is a pharmaceutical and not a cosmetic,” the group’s Norwegian subsidiary Schering Norge AS said in a statement, warning especially to keep hemorrhoid cream out of the eyes.

It said the warning applied to its product, Scheringproct, which it said was “a pharmaceutical that is used on hemorrhoids

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To: Gay State Conservative

OK, now was that Post #15 really necessary? ;-)


21 posted on 10/06/2006 7:53:21 AM PDT by Allegra (HAPPY FUN BALL IS REALLY TICKED OFF)
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To: Allegra
OK, now was that Post #15 really necessary? ;-)

In fact,it was.I have it on good authority that the folks who make Preparation H plan to use before and after photos of Helen in an upcoming ad campaign.

22 posted on 10/06/2006 8:00:43 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: COUNTrecount

Isn't there an urban legend that Preparation H had to put more specific instructions on the tube after someone put it on a cracker and ate it?


23 posted on 10/06/2006 8:07:33 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (I gigged your peace frog.)
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To: COUNTrecount

Works for me!


24 posted on 10/06/2006 8:10:52 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The hallmark of a crackpot conspiracy theory is that it expands to include countervailing evidence.)
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To: RacerF150
....someone put it on a cracker and ate it?

THIS cracker?


25 posted on 10/06/2006 8:20:40 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: Condor51

"Sheesh, what's next - pencils aren't for removing ear wax?"
Only the sharpened end. :)


26 posted on 10/06/2006 9:01:27 AM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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To: Gay State Conservative

That's the most flattering picture I've ever seen of Helen Thomas....which is scary.


27 posted on 10/06/2006 9:58:07 AM PDT by Conservative Texan Mom (Some people say I'm stubborn, when it's usually just that I'm right.)
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To: HarleyLady27

Quite possibly :)


28 posted on 10/07/2006 7:03:29 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL ( **Hunter-Tancredo-Weldon-Hayworth 4 President** I get it, Glenn.)
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